... 1760, and both tea and sugar might now be made luxuries of the rich if duties enough were imposed upon them. The wine duties were duties of protection, differential not revenue duties. He then proceeded to develop a supplementary measure of customs reform ...

... complete simplicity by the abolition of all protective and differential duties, and all duties on articles of inconsiderable amount ; and that on this occasion, when it is absolutely necessary to make so large a change in our duties on import., the opportunity ...

... substitute protective duties of 30 cent. on a mass of articles coming under that designation, prohibitions. The duty on coal, coke, cargo, and iron will be reduced; cotton and wool to be free of duty. England will reduce the duty on French wines and brandies ...

... deeds of the year. He accedes at last to the long-urged demand for a remission of the paper duty. In this, as on the proposed abolition of the newspaper stamp, we are ourselves much interested, and should probably be heard with a degree of suspicion. ...